Thought to Ponder…an “OOOOH” moment

So since I’m a writer (and just a student of human nature in general), I love checking out the “weird” news stories throughout the week.  Tell me that this one doesn’t give you one of those OOOOH Damn, why couldn’t that have been me? 
I mean seriously, as I read this I was channeling Nic Cage in [...]

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What’s Going on With Me Wednesday…

So I had an absolute blast this weekend at the Spirit of Spring in Oklahoma conference!  We learned how to make incense (the “real” kind…no preservatives or nasty toxic crap), I didn’t make a complete ass of myself at my talk (or at least so they’ve reassured me), I got to attend an evening ritual [...]

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TABT…Poison Study by Maria Snyder

Poison Study
Maria Snyder
Choose:  A quick death…or slow poison… About to be executed for murder, Yelena is offered and extraordinary reprieve.  As a food taster, she’ll eat the best meals, have rooms in the palace—and risk assassination by anyone trying to kill the Commander of Ixia.  As Yelena tries to escape her new dilemma, disasters keep [...]

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Movie Monday…The Departed (2006)

Movie:  The Departed (2006) …We watched this last weekend, and I was *really* anticipating it.  Let me open this post by saying that this is a looong movie…two and a half hours, and unlike Zodiac (the last Movie Monday post), I felt it.  It’s not that the movie isn’t compelling…it is, but it just seemed [...]

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Freaky Location Friday…Enid

So I’ve already said that I’ve adopted Oklahoma as my home state.  You might ask if this is totally insane, coming from a chickadee who was born and raised in California.  In a word…NO!  Allow me a moment to explain…
The town I grew up in(Mariposa, CA) was the kind of place where you said “howdy” [...]

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Thought to ponder…on a Thursday…

Okay, I know it’s a lot to ask to think deeply on a Thursday (at least I know it is for me), so instead, I’ll leave you with this little gem. 
http://www.usatoday.com/news/offbeat/2007-03-13-drug-buy_N.htm
The most depressing part is that it takes place in my beloved adopted state, Oklahoma.  Sigh.  I guess there are freakin’ idiots everywhere.

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What’s Going on With Me Wednesday

Sorry for disappearing into the ether!  I was all set to post my movie review on Monday, but when I got into work, I found the AF has finally decided to block us from a multitude of fun sites…again.  That’ll last about six months, or at least until a commander discovers he can’t use his [...]

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I CAN’T freakin’ believe this Friday…

In a departure from my semi-regularly scheduled programming, I’m taking a moment to be so outraged, my damned hands are shaking.  The reason?  Some pinhead (and I’m being really, really, really polite here) Baptist reverend is supporting medical research into finding and then CHANGING the gene that “makes” a person gay or lesbian…IN UTERO.  This [...]

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Series…the good, the bad and the ugly…

Okay, I admit it, I’m a series freak.  I LOOOVE continuing storylines.  But, sometimes I have a BIG problem with them…the angst, especially in paranormals.
I recently *tried* to read an famous author who shall remain nameless (because I’m not freakin’ suicidal), and her book bored the living shit out of me.  Now granted, I picked [...]

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What’s Going on With Me Wednesday

Since I got back late Thursday, I haven’t done a ton of writing…revising, yeah. Based on the recommendations of my crit partners, I’m revising a lot of View, and then expanding it into a trilogy.  So basically, over the past few days I’ve been crunching ideas around, and this is what I’ve come up with…whatcha [...]

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